Savannah, Georgia
Savannah Ogeechee Canal
A historic canal winds through a unique, swampy landscape.
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Savannah, Georgia
A historic canal winds through a unique, swampy landscape.
Savannah, Georgia
An abandoned munitions storage facility with a rich architectural history.
Savannah, Georgia
This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.
Savannah, Georgia
This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.
Atlanta, Georgia
This Native American petroglyph marks the location of an important, Creek trail.
Atlanta, Georgia
A little-known mural reveals the hydrological reason for Atlanta's founding in this location.
Atlanta, Georgia
A hidden oasis just two minutes from downtown Atlanta.
Atlanta, Georgia
An old bank vault in Atlanta is now the eternal shrine to the King of Rock and Roll.
Atlanta, Georgia
Secret gardens just a few miles from downtown Atlanta.
Lando, South Carolina
An ornate abandoned schoolhouse hidden in the woods near a decaying mill town.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This family-owned diner has been slinging chili dogs since 1940.
Raleigh, North Carolina
A mini-Stonehenge in the corner of the North Carolina state capitol grounds.
Manteo, North Carolina
Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.
Atlanta, Georgia
Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.
Atlanta, Georgia
This stone is a marker of one millionaire's personal vendetta against gravity.
Atlanta, Georgia
A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.
Atlanta, Georgia
Healing Springs that once ran red with soldiers' blood.
Atlanta, Georgia
The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.
Washington, D.C.
The first presidential bomb shelter was located in an old vault under the Treasury, connected to the White House via tunnel.
Washington, D.C.
Where the U.S. government kept its actual treasure, before Fort Knox.
Washington, D.C.
There's an old indoor swimming pool hidden directly underneath the White House Press Briefing Room.
Washington, D.C.
A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.